The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-10
SOUTHERN eLEANINes.

Franklin a few days ago. He is connected
with many of the interesting historical
Of his death eighty one years of age.
Mr. Alexander, of Athens, Ga, aged
eighty-two years, had his first tooth
pulled the other d ay.
The Tennessee Supreme Court, which
has been in session in Jackson about
seven weeks, has disposed of over nine
hundred cases. The court will adjourn
in a few days, after having disposed of
the whole West Tenn essee docket This
will be the first time this docket has been
cleared since the war. Tennessee is
justly proud of her present Supreme
bench. The judges are young, vigorous
and brainy.
Before United States Commissioner
Grail at Louisville, KY, a few days ago,
Daniel O'Riley, who was postmaster of
Litchfield. KY, and who is Inspector
General of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, had preliminary trial, charged with
making false. returns to the Post-Ofd ce
| Department while postmaster, in order to
Increase his pay. It was shown that
| while O'RHey was postmaster his reports
showed a cancellation during some quar-.
| ters as high as $67O, while the highest
cancellation reported by his success sor
was only $238, After hearing evidence
| O'Riley was held to answer in $500 bond
| which he gave. The amount which O'Riley
! is alleged to have defrauded the Govern
ment of is between 81, 500 and $4,000
Two hundred panes Of glasses were
broken during a recent hail-storm at Tus-
| cumbia, Ala.
A company has been formed in South
| Carolina, in which Northern capitalists
are interested, 10 obtain control Of all
/ phosphate beds in the State.
Charlie Edwards, colored, has been ar
| rested at Taccoa, Ca, as the assassin of
| William Echols. The coroner's jury de
| cided that he was the murderer.
A Cuban resident of Key West Fla,
| recently imported from Cuba four cows,
| which are driven up to his door and
MIXED every morning, thus insuring to
| the owner pure, fresh milk.
Wheat in Union County, KY, was sc
! beaten own by a recent hail storm that
the farmers are ploughing it up and will
| plant corn.
The dead body of William Echols, terri
| road near Rabun Gap, Ga, a few days
ago. A negro named Charles Edwards,
has been arrest ted for the crime.
| Esquire. Rufus Loran ces, residing near
Woodbury., Cannon County, Tenn, was
| struck by lightning few days ago, and
killed. Nathan Petty and Mr.. Lorances'
son were severely shocked at the same
time.
A cyclone passed through Western.
| Georgia few nights ago from south to
north. In Fayette, Cowela, Campbell,
| Carroll and other counties much damage
to crops is reported and large numbers of
! houses were swept away. No loss of hu-
man life has been reported
Notw outstanding the murder of two
Mormon elders in Lewis County, Tenn,
two years ago by enraged citizens, and
The passage of a law by the Legislature
making it felony for any one to preach
the doctrine of pOlygamy in the State
Mormon elders are again at work.
Some dresses worn at a recent ball in
Chattanooga, Tenn, were thus described
by a local paper: ''Miss Davis wore a
beautiful dress Of black satin, decalette,
GOLDEN broide cred founces, and morchaI
! neal roses. Mrs. l.. S. Colyar looked love
/ Y in handsome costume of sophire blue
velvet, entwaine trimmed with indescent
possomentries. -
VIM Steele, colored, was hanged pri-
vately in the jail-yard at Jackson, Miss, a
few days since for the murder of Nelson
Potter, coIored, in that city, on August
20 last. The object of the murder was
robbery, the two men being total strang
srs. Steele was convicted on his own con-
fession.
Vim. Winters,a a Davidson County CTenn.)
farmer was bitten on the hand few days
ago by copperhead snake. His friends
induced him to drink largely and at once
summoned a physician, but all efforts to
save his life were in vain. He suffered in
tensely for a few hours until he became
uncon scious, and his body swelled to shok-
ingly large proportions, and his death soon
ensued. The serpent was killed.
There was happy reunion in Jacks on,
Tenn, q few days ago between the former
students of the Union University, at Muir
frees boro, the West Tennessee College
and the Southwestern Baptist University,
Of jackson. Schoolmates who had not
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met and renewed their past acq uaintance
and friendship.
Two freight trains collided a few days
ago four miles south of Calera, Ala, on
the Louisville & Nashville railroad. En-
gineer Howard Rowe and Fireman Bur-
ton. colored, were killed outright, as was
also negro tramp, while another trlmp
was fatally injured. Both trains we're
badly wrecked. The accident is attributed
to faulty time-piece of one of the con-
1uctOrs.
Airmount, Miss, was visited few days
ago by a terrible hail-storm, lasting an
hour The crops in that vicinity, which
were unusually promising, were com
pletely destroyed. The roofs of houses
were battered in by the haiLstones, which
were larger than hens eggs. Many farm
ers are completely ruined.
The prohibition campaign was opened
at Cha ttanooga, Tenn, few nights ago
! V.
people swarmed into the courthouse yard
to hear the Georgia evangelist in his
caustic TRADE against whisky. The cam
paign is now thoroughly opened and the
fight is on. It will be one OF the bitterest
and most hotly contested battles ever
fought in the State.
Deputy United States Marshals Spur.
rier and Young returned from an expedi.
tion through Jackson County, Tenn, in
search of illicit distilleries and moon
sinners. They arrested John Taylor,
William Healey, George Hawkins, John
Burrus, William b lin gton, James LOFTS,
Chas. Allen and Harris Lofts for violat-
ing revenue laws. All gave bonds and
were released. Harris Lofts is also
charged with attempting to kill Deputy
Collector Hughes last fail Officers have
been on his track for months.
'Rah for the Louisville Legion.
/ The cotton-m mills of South Carolina re-
port an average profit for the last year,
but the Greenville Nsaos saws a wide
awake merchant of that city claims that
this large profit comes from fortunate
speculation in cotton and not from the
manufacture Of cotton goods. 1t men
/ tions the name of a merchant in Green
vile who has netted 81, $50 invest
ment of s, ,OO) made in cotton last fall.
Richard Hardie, a ten-year-old coIored
boy, Of Charlotte, s. C., is dying from the
effects of a self-inlicted bullet wound in
his bowels, and all because he preferred
death to a whipping at the hands of his
mother.
A boiler explosion at Natchez, Miss,
killed i've persons aud injured several
Amy Avant, a colored woman living on
the plantation Of Major JamesRsa YES, in
Marion County, 5 C., died recently of
measles at the advanced age Of 122 years.
She was remarkably well preserved and
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